Wall covering



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WALL COVERI NG Filed May 21, 1932 /5 H. B. LITTLE ET' AL Jan. 8, 1935.

Jan. 8, 1935. H. B. LITTLE ET AL WALL COVERING Filed May 2l, 1932 I5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Maze f,

Jan. 8, 1935. H, B. LITTLE 4ET AL 1,987,238

WALL COVERING Filed May 2l, 1952 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Hiwew 21mm fr. '.Mvlzem Patented Jan. 8, 1935 -WALL -eoviiRING Hamid r; Limeaneiienneth fC'. lllllsealtimore, Md., assignorsftolthe Baltimonevlilnalel l? Novelty Co., Baltimore, Y Application May 1932,-se1ria1ivazclasos L2 Claims.' v'(131.189-86) ".This invention relatesfto' new and'useful irnprovei'nents in wall f 'colverings and particularly to wall coveringsln'iade of enameled sheet rnet'al.

One robject of thefinventi'on "is "tok provideja wall coveringv of 'this vchar'acter'which vis simple 'in construction, and wherein"the assemblyof the parts,[and attachment ofthe same together, and to the'walls, may be accomplished ;in` an easy manner. 1 Y

Anotherl object is to j'providea wall covering 'ofV this 'character wherein' the parts are of, simple and cheap construction, vand ,wherein the means for'conn'ecting 'the ,p arts are 'of novel and "iinproved design, 'which will more "effectively jhold 'suchparts together. .L A' further object isftofprovidea wall covering of :this character in which the means for at'- ltachingthe parts to thejwalls 'are "efficiently concealed"'from View; i

'Other o'bjectsand advantages willbe apparent 'from "the following "description ,whenjtaken in 'connection with thelaccornpanying; drawings.

Figure .11;isvv an elevation showingfthe'invention.

Figurel2.is.aiyerticaksectional view on the line 2 Z'p'fFigurer` Figure 3 is a vertical sectional View on the line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 4 4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 5 5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a horizontal' sectional view on the line 6 6 of Figure 1. l

Figure 7 is a horizontal sectional detail View, through a corner of a room, showing the manner of treatment of the parts therein. l

Figure Sis aperspective View of the meeting ends of two rail sections'.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of the meeting vertical edges of two panel plates, partly broken away.

Figure 10 is a perspective View of the meeting ends of two base-board sections, partly broken away.

Referring particularly-to the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that the invention comprises the principal parts including the wall plates or panels 10, the rail'll, the base-board 12, and the covering devices 13, 14, and 15, the former 13, for covering the joints of the panel plates, the next, 14, for covering the joints of the baseboard sections, and the last, 15, for covering the joints of the rail sections.

Each of the panel plates comprises a. rectangular 'sheet 'of metal `10, the outer/ face of which is preferably enameled, to give an ornamental ap# pearance, -and -to permiteasycleaning of -t-he fface. One' Vof 'the vertical Yedges of each Yofithef-fpan'el plates is bent outwardly and uponitself, as at 1f6,

in Figure 6, and verigagedfover fthisfdoubled edge are'the offset clipsjl?, secured j tothe wal/1718, by meansl of the screws 519'. jfl'l'ieotheryertical `edge of ea ch panel plate is Qlset outwardly4 into aTplane` which is f parallel Y with the Y plane Aof .the

overlapping relation to'thejedge offthepreceding plate, the 4,extreme edgejportionf-being Jthen -d'o'ubled upon itself,v asatl'21,v engaged beneath .the doubled .edge 16, of `the preceding 'plate'.y This results in an offsetrib#like--fforrnationg'- along 1" `the 'vertical joint'g'ojf thepanel platesproducing ag concealed joint, as clearly Aseen `-in 'Figurefbl. ,As many of vthe-clips'l'lmay beuse'd'asare deemed necessary, gto'hold'- The upper and -loweriedg-es ofthe overlapping part of the i panel plate I are cut'f loutgaas shown at 2.45am :242111 figureg, fer. welrosewhfh will appear rlaterflierein;

' Llhe'baseehoard comprises-a seriesof elongated portion of each of the base-board sections is bent downwardly and then upwardly, to form the channel 25, the upturned portion of which rests in a recess formed in theface of the wall,

and in this channel is seated the lower edge of a panel plate 10, to aid insupporting said plate or screws 26A are driven through the base-board "sections, into the wall, for holding the sections in place.

It will be noted, upon reference to Figure 10, thatthe right-hand end of each of the base-board sections has a clip 27, secured thereto, which is slightly spaced from the outer face of the section. The left-hand end of each of the base-board sections is offset outwardly, as shown at 29, and

the end of this offset portion is bent inwardly The rail 11, as shown in Figure 8 comprises a plurality of elongated strips of metal 30,` each vin proper position, as shown in Figure 2. A screw the portion 30b is,

portion 30a; The said right end of the rail section is provided with a tongue or clip 32. A por-V tion of the left end of the next succeeding rail section is slightly wider thansthe remainder-of the section, as shown at 33, and its extremity is doubled upon itself, as at 33', and provided with a tongue or clip 35. of the widened portion are turned inwardly toward the wall, as at 34 and 34', said widened end to be disposed in overlapping and embracing t relation to the right end of the preceding rail section.

- In Figure 7. there is shown the manner of treatment of the wall covering,in the corner of a room. In this instance, the panel plate 36, of the wall 37, has the corner engaging end offset, as at 38, and bent at right angles, to fitL withinfsaid corner,V andis terminally extended inwardly, in parallel relation to the other wall 39, as shown at 40, to engage beneath the overlapping-edge of the panel` plate 41,' said plate having its overlapped edge secured to the wall 39, by means of the clips 42. It will readily be understood, with-.- out illustration, that, when the angle of the wall extends outwardly, the end of theplate 36 lwill be `bent in a reverse direction, to that shown in Figure 7.-

In erecting the wall covering, it is the usual practice toy begin at a door, and work around the room, either toward the right or left. VIn the present instance, the work is carried towardthe right, and therefore, the first rail section, as well as the firstrbase-board section, will haveV both ends plain, and like the right ends of the sections already described.4 Both ends of these. sections arevsecured to the wall with screws, the screws at the right ends being properly covered by the widened left ends of the next adjacentsections.

Theupper and lower edges Y Itvwill, of course, be understood that the before the rail section is set in place. The panels are secured to the wall by the clips 17, while the base-board and railv sections, are interen-4 panel plate is seated in the channel of the base-board,

gaged, by means of their tongues or clips, Where# by to hold the parts together. engagement of the vertical edges of the panel plates securely hold the plates in position on the wall. f

` `There has thus beenproduced a novel and eili- `cient structure of this character wherein the parts The interlocking themselves and interbent interlocking terminalsandchannels receiving the lower edges kof said panel plates, said base-board sections ,each having an end formed` with oiiset rib-like joint covering means, and rail sections having interlocking terminalsfand integral offset rib-like 'joint covering means.

2. A wall covering comprisingpanel plates each having its ends bent upon themselves and interlocked with bend of an adjoining plate, one end covering means, base-board sections each having a clipfsecured thereto at a'vertical edge 'and extending in spaced relation [to its outer face and each base-boardksection having aV vertical l edge rebent andcut awayttoform a clip extend-A ing kin spaced relation to its inner race, rsaid clips being in interlocking engagement, the'base-board sections having channels receiving the lower edges of said panel plates and each'yhaving anend Yformed with offset rib-like' jointcovering means,

and rail sections having interlocking terminals and integral offset rib-like joint covering means.

HAROLD B. LITTLE. KENNETH C.,MILLER.

of each plate being offset to`forrn rib-like joint 

